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Which Housing Stats to Trust?

by Anwell Tsai | November 6, 2008

Commentators speak of numerous broad housing indicators and indexes tracking property values across the nation.  However, Real Estate, unlike Stocks and Bonds, are not fungible.  Properties are non-homogenous and are affected by both broad economic macro and local micro factors.  Due to market inefficiencies, the usefulness of data derived from these broad indicators is limited. [...]

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Commentary

Do Valuations Continue to Slide for Years? What’s The Answer?

by Tom Koziol | May 30, 2008
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Credit

Turning the Real Estate Ship Around: Why It Hasn’t And How It Can

by Charles Feldman | May 21, 2008

Okay…so what’s wrong with this picture? In communities all across America the value of homes has dropped faster than the New Year’s Eve ball in Times Square. Lower prices should mean bargin prices. Bargin prices should mean people jumping back into the housing market. People jumping back into the housing market should help inflate the [...]

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